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If the fifth lightest trading volume of 2012 was like watching paint dry, you won't find Sherwin-Williams complaining. The stock climbed 5.84% in its best showing for 14 months, and scored an analyst upgrade this morning.

China stirred up talk of trade wars this week when it announced plans to cut exports of rare earth minerals -- used in many electronic components -- by 35% and levy heavier taxes on some of the elements in 2011.